Instructions

ZOOM IN by clicking on the page. A slider will appear, allowing you to adjust your zoom level. Return to the original size by clicking on the page again.

MOVE the page around when zoomed in by dragging it.

ADJUST the zoom using the slider on the top right.

ZOOM OUT by clicking on the zoomed-in page.

SEARCH by entering text in the search field and click on "In This Issue" or "All Issues" to search the current issue or the archive of back issues
respectively.
.

PRINT by clicking on thumbnails to select pages, and then press the
print button.

SHARE this publication and page.

ROTATE PAGE allows you to turn pages 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise.Click on the page to return to the original orientation. To zoom in on a rotated page, return the page to its original orientation, zoom in, and
then rotate it again.

CONTENTS displays a table of sections with thumbnails and descriptions.

ALL PAGES displays thumbnails of every page in the issue. Click on
a page to jump.

How poetically sick! What a horrible sight.
Predictably, the driver drove twice as quickly when we’d got past the obstruction to
make up for lost time..
One hour away from Sylhet we stopped for a cup of tea (how British). Just climbed
off the bus onto dry land saw a sight it will take years to forget. Amongst the usual
gaggle of beggars was a short thin mum, clutching an animal which on second in-
spection proved to be her baby. I’ve yet to see a worse human being. It had emacia-
tion; oedema++; ‘scalded skin’ from head to toe; kwashiorkor; dermatosis; horrifical-
ly scarred eyes; bleeding mouth and gums ++; a deathly breath sound; and a begging
mother. I gave the mum a few Taka for a decent burial—horrible.
MEMOIR: BUZZ BURRELL
I’d best intercept here with a little commentary. ‘Scalded skin syndrome’
describes a spectrum of superficial blistering skin disorders caused by
the exfoliative toxins of the common pus-bug, Staphylococcus aureus, a
boringly named bug internationally more famous for causing wonderful
burstable boils. In its severe form, the ‘scalded skin syndrome’ exfoliation
(skin peeling off ) can spread to cover the entire body surface area. I must
confess this was one of the millions of diseases I’d only ever heard of, and
seen gruesome photographs of, archived away in the recesses of my “don’t
worry, you’ll never really see this” part of my brain. This was the first time
I’d really seen it so vividly. I saw it several times more in Bangladesh, and
I’ve never seen it again since I left.
5:00 pm. After this uneventful journey arrived in Srimangal. It’s...minute; clean-
ish; reminiscent of a cowboy-film town; little un-metalled streets lined by bamboo
shacks; cosy; got Ali’s sister in it.
We were hyper-tired, so Dr Sharif (Ali’s brother-in-law) fed us, and allowed us (as
man and wife) to grab some sleep.
10:00 pm. Woken up by Dr Sharif. ‘Father Joe’ has heard of our arrival and come
round to visit us. So we pretended to be awake for 1⁄2 hour to chat to this beautiful,
white-haired, extroverted American missionary priest who’s been in Bangladesh for
25 years (makes my 31⁄2 weeks seem a long time doesn’t it!). We’ve been invited to a
Catholic/Bengali church service Sunday morning.
We’re so TIRED.
22